Canteen holder



R. H. PRICHARD. CANTEEN HOLDER. APPLICATION man SEPT. 22, 1919.

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Application filed September 22, 1919.

T 0 all who m. it may concern:

Be it known that I, Ronnn'r H. PRICHARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Los Angeles, county of Les Angcles, State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Canteen Holders, of which the following is a specilicatlon.

My invention primarily relates to means for securing a canteen upon the running board of an automobile or other support, and the object thereof is to provide simple and inexpensive and adjustable means whereby canteens can be quickly secured to or removed from the running board of an automobile or other support and will retain the canteen in the support without rattling. A further object is to provide a support adapted for use with different sized canteens.

ln the drawings forming a part of this application- Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a canteen secured upon the running board of an auto mobile by my improved holder, a fragment of the ri'inning board only being shown.

Fig; 2 is an edge view, of the canteen and holder partly broken away with the running board omitted.

Fig. 3, is an edge view of a fragment of a modified form of holder with a canteen therein.

Referring to the drawings my improved holder consists of a right and a left memher which are alike in construction except that certain portions of one member curve to the right, and like portions of the other member curve to the left. The right member consists of a clamp 5 by means of which the member is quickly secured upon the running board 6 of an automobile or to a shelf or table or other support. Carving to the right and then exteiniing imwardly in a plane at right angles to the plane of the top of the clamp is the right standard 7 the top of which is pierced for the passage therethrough of the externally threaded trunnion 8 which is mounted on the side of the right frame member 9, which frame member is curved to fit upon the edge of the canteen 10. This member is made of sheet metal and can be readily flexed to fit upon canteens of different size The upper end Specification of Letters IPatent.

Patented June 29, 1922..

Serial No. 325.574.

of member 9 has a transverse aperture 11 in which a carrying strap, not shown, may be passed in case it is desired to carry the canteen without the standards and clamps. Just below aperture 11 are vertical slits 12 and 13 in which are received the top strap 1 1 which passes through like slits in the left frame member 15 and secures the tops of the frame members upon the canteen. The bottoms of frame members 9 and 15 have transverse apertures therein one of which 16 is shown in Fig. 2, for the reception of the bottom strap 17 which secures the bottoms of the frame members upon the canteen. Straps 14 and 17 have buckles l8 and 19 so that they can be adjusted to fit canteens of different sizes. The left frame member has secured thereto a threaded trunnion 20 which passes through the top of the left standard 21, which standard is secured to clamp 22. Ning nuts 23 and 9A are screwed upon the trunnions, and lock washers 9.5 and 26 are placed between the nuts and members and hold the canteen from turning in the standards when the nuts are screwed up. In the modified form of holder the construction of all the parts is the same except that the tops of the standards instead of being pierced have bayonet joints 26 so that the trunnions may he passed into the standard without removing the wing nuts. By this construction it will be observed that I have provided a cheap and simple canteen holder which is readily adjustable to canteens of different sizes and which can be quickly attached to or detached from an automobile running board or other support, and may be used without the standards and clamps if desired to carry the canteen away from the machine. If desired the standards could be straight instead of being curved at the bottom.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. A canteen holdcrcomprising separate standards having clamps secured to the bottoms thereof; frame members having apertures therein pivotally connected to the standards; and straps in said apertures adapted to secure said members upon a canteen.

2. A canteen holder comprising a pair of detached frame members having apertures and slits in the ends thereof; threaded trunnions secured to said members; a pair of detached standards, in the tops of which said trunnions are received; wing nuts on the ends of said trunnions; clamps secured to the bottom 0f the standards; and top and bottom straps in theslits and apertures in said frame members.

3. A canteen holder comprising a pair of right and left frame members having aper- 10 tures and slits in the ends thereof; threaded 

